Showing posts with label Ind vs Eng 4th ODI Result. Show all posts
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Sunday, November 23, 2008

Ind vs Eng 4th ODI Result - India won by 19 Runs and Series by 4-0


Ind vs Eng 4th ODI Result - India won by 19 Runs and Series by 4-0


In a thrilling shortened 5th ODI between India beat England by 40 runs in a day-night game at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore on Sunday, 23rd November, 2008. Match shortened to 22 overs due to rain India made 166/4 in alloted overs and set a target of 198 runs in 22 overs for England as per rules.

India after invited to bat first started well by Tendulkar and Sehwag. Tendulkar went early and after lot of rains in the middle and cut of overs Sehwag played brilliantly with Gambhir scored 79 runs contributed 69 runs and 40 runs respectively. Yuraj also contributed with 25 off just 11 balls and Yusuf Pathan hit last ball six for his 1 ball he played.

England got a revised target of 198 runs in 22 overs to win the match and stay in series started aggressively by Owais Shah who promoted at no. 3 Shah made 72 runs off 48 balls with 9 fours and 3 sixes. Flitoff also hit 41 off 30 balls but after that England not able to maintained required run rate, and at the end made 178/8, but they fought well

Match Summary:

India - 166/4 in 22 overs.

England - 178/8 in 22 overs.

Toss - England, who chose to field first.

Result - India won by 19 runs (D/L method).

Man of The Match - Virendar Sehwag (India).

Series - India led the 7-match series 4-0.